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The Portland daily press., 1887-05-21

ITO LET-Front room with aleoye; also
square rooms. Inquire from to IL a. M,
or to p. M, at No. 1853 HIGH STREET.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
Color

All that we know of color, its causes and effects, is in connection with the wave theory of light. Color depends upon the number of light waves re- fected from any object lmpinging up- on the retina of the eye. In red there are about 10000 waves to the inch, and these will strike the eye at the rate of 447 millions of millions of pull sations per second. In violet there are 570O0 waves to the inch, and 69O millions of millions of pulsations per second. The other colors have wave lights intermediate between these two. Color does not, therefore, exist either in the object or in the brain or mind of the observer. It is an effect. There can be no appearance of fire on a desert island where there is no eye within seeing distance. The chemical process called combustion goes on, but there is no appearance of the flame save when its. light wayes.strlke upon the retipa Qf aa eye. Color blindness is peculiar to some people Who cannot distinguish colors,
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
4 stro,t Laced Tithing Man.

The story is now being told of a con scientious tithing man in a New England town years ago. Gen. H., the big man of the town, had daughter who was educated in Boston. Once she brought home with her a lover, a Boston man, now merchant of this city. He went to church with her, sat in the same pew, and when the first hymn was given out found it and handed the hymn book to her. She bowed, and took it. Second hymn, the same. The old tithing man looked and drowned, but did not quite like to offend Gen. H. But he thought it over and over, and his conscience &C., cused him of being ''respecter'' of per sons. He took his seat in the afternoon resolved to do his duty fearlessly. The hymn was given out. The young man found it, and handed the book to Miss H.; she bowed, and took it. Rap, rap, rap, went the old mans stick. Then pointing to Gen. H. $ pew, You, you I mean Gen. HIS gal and her Boston beau! None of your carvings on here, say. .''-New York Sun,
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
rhe Cnnl,s nf Fnronie.

After con1phmenting one of the chefs on his consummate skill in preparing a whole turkey in such transparent jelly that it seemed under glass case, ven tured to aslk- inn how the cooks of other countries compared with the French. With a smile of indulgence, he replied that French cook was at the head of every foreign kitchen of distinction, and repinded me, beginning with the name Of the queen of England, that every crowned head in Europe possessed one of those artists. However" he added, Gin England one may have a roast well turned by a native, in Germany a potage may be intrusted to medium German cook, and in Italy will go so far as to say it would be presumptuous to attempt the preparation of pastes against an Italian chef. After that you can draw the ladder. Whitehall Review.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

Speaker Carlisle says frankly that President Cleveland's contemplated Western and Southern tour means conquest. " In other words, It is to be an electioneering expedition in the plainest and most aggressive sense of the term. This view of the matter is confirmed by the fact that at every point where a reception is to take place the arrangements are of strict ly partisan character, and only Demo- crats of approved Soundness and "per- niciOus activity are expected to par tieipate.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

There are some reasons for behev- ing that the United States has not made very grave mistake after all in neglecting to build a big navy. eIERe trial tHi-fiaa Of f the pneumatic dynamite cannon in New York harbor a few days ago showed that before such an engine of destruction as this the most powerful ironclad of England or France would be as fragile as if made of pasteboard. In the race between projeetiles and the devices to resist them, in naval warfare, tue former still lead.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The Mugwump organs cry aloud with one voice that the nominations and platform of the recent Democratic State Convention of Massachusetts must be repudiated in the interest of common political honesty and decen- cy. But they do not tell us what Sec retary Endicott was about that he al- lowed the Administration to be re- buked and antagonized in hls own State. by his own party, to his great personal reproach and humiliation Glebe-Demoerat.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

Burro socials are the latest diver sion in Tombstone society. A pant ing of a tailless burro, life size, IS hung upon the wall and each guest, is placed about twenty feet from the pie ture. blindfolded, turned once around, and then advances and endeavors to pin ribbon where the caudal append age ought to be. Prlzes are given to the ladies and gentlemen coming near est and farthest from the objective point. The mistakes made are often ludicrous.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The report that has been set afloat concerning Chief Justice Wrlght's compromise with the Apache county criminals proves to be a matter of winch he knew nothing whatever till after the report became public. There was an agreement it seems between the prosecuting attorney of Apache county and the attorneys for the de- fence that compromise should be made and nolle prosiqui entered, but so far as Chief Justice Wright's con- nsction with the matter is concerned, 1t appears now that he had nothing to dowitn it.-Phenix Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
Difficulties of Science.

Even the most learned men, from the humble one shirted savaEt to the great scientists among the crowned heads and cracked heads, have never been able to tell what causes the wonderful northern lights, yet to solve that great problem is a mere bagatelle when compared to the task of prescribing formula that will cause the mild rabbit of Kansas to eschew the succulent bark of the young and tender apple tree. St. Paul Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
Flesh Eating Cnmns

The ancient Roman coffin, according to Piiny, was generally of stone. In some cases it was of peculiar kind of stone, which was claimed to have the faculty of destroying the entire body with the ex- ception of the teeth, in forty days. Hence she name 'sarcophagus, literally mean ing flesh eater. The stone is now sup posed to have been a species of limestone. --ATk:lisaw Traveller,
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

Texas is well off ln dogs, or badly of, rather, for, according to the Gal weston News, they cost the state S5O,- 100000. There are 2,5OO,OO0 of them. They cost their owners 5 cents day, or S45,000,0OO, and they cost sheep owners $5,00O,00O more.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

There are now running in this country Il electric railways, equip ped with 6S motors and motor cars. It IS estimated that they are now car Eying at the rate of three and one-half million passengers a year, and when the roads now under contract are com pleted twice that number will be car ried.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
Asking Too Much.

From the Merchant Traveler.]
 "Ethel," he said, "you are very dear to me. love you to distraction, but I cannot help wishing that you wouldn't chew gum"
 Well, MT. Smifkins, she said, drawing herself up proudly, If you think am going to swallow my gum without chewing 1t, you are mistaken. Chewlng-gum was not made to swal low"
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The Lebel rife with which the French troops are being armed is noted among other things for the small bullet it shoots. Recent exper- ments have fixed the bore for the new rife for the English army at 31, which is about the size of a common lead mcneil ----.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

Senator Edmunds has received a re- tainer of S25,OOO to represent the Chi cago dressed d-beef interest in their bat tie with the railroads before the h. terstate Commerce Commission. Ex- Senator Conkling will appear for the railroads.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
IE EARIzOHA SILVER BET
Saturday, October 8, 1887.

Tine Democratic Birmingham Age declares that eleven of the fifteen Democratic daily papers in Alabama favor protective tariff.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

Southern Indiana is still afflicted with the severest drouth ever known m that State. The land is so hard and dry that the farmers cannot plough ter wheat, and it will require at least a weeks rain to put it in proper con altlon. The effects are plainly seen upon the stock. The water is stagnant and unhealthy, and all kinds of stock IS suffering ia consequence. The horses and cattle look as if they had passed through hard winter unpro- tected and but half-fed, and this is true ot all stock in the counties men, tloned.-Kansas City Indicator.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The immigration to California in the year 1000, and for the first six months of I0S|' shows very large increase over any previous period since 1858. TOT 1000 1t is estimated there were OO'oOo arrivals over departures. In- ueeo' IL IS claimed by the principal railroad officials that the arrivals in this State from all directions, for the year Io0|' will exceed 100000 people, Ano' ngurlng from the school census reports for this year, the population of 1ne 1ooo otate IS l,l70,OOO people, while Tn doo dooV It was' in round numbers, 864,- QUO. These figures speak for them selves and need no comment-M. & S. Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

An immense photograph, said to be one of the largest in the world, has been taken of the United States Treas ury. It measures seven feet by four.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
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Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
To Capital Seeking Investment,

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 Who wants to investigate this in good faith? ..
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Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
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Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
Too Deep for Hin.


A Boston girl calne ofer 70 New
York. She amused herself very we'll for
several days. among her other pleasures
including the beautiful display Of chrys-
authemums at Cosmopolitan Halt She
was delighted With il The splendid
shocks of snowy and flame-eolored
blooms and the new Japanese seed
lings that look rs if nature had copied
them from decorations on Japanese
Jars, and the clean. fresh. curious per-
fumes filled her cultured soul so full OF
sentiment that it bubbled over for the
benefit of New York man. He came
to call soon after her return from the
flower show. He was a charming
young person, vino never by any acci-
dent polluted his person with any arti-
Gle manufactured in this country. He
was turned out complete from top TO Toe
in English goods. and his gait on the
avenue filled beholders with the widest
awe and delight. it so closely copied the
true thoroughbred stride. The import
ant details OF dress had occupied his
walking hours so closely that he had
found but little time tounbend his mind
over book. and other matters even
more important had escaped his atten-
tention, among them the flower show,
which he happened not 10 have heard Of
"Pve Just come from seeing the chrys-
anthemums." said the enthusiastic
young woman from Boston; ..and, o.
it was such a treat never enjoyed
anything so much in my life. Have you
been yet?'
NO" he drawled out loud, thinking
to himself. What the deuce is the girl
talking about. anyhow" After rapid
but profound reasoning he came to the.
conclusion that being Boston woman
and addicted to literature, the tfTing that
she had been to was something partak-
ing of an intellectual nature, and proba-
bly, scientific. judging from the long and
unpronounceable name. So he re.
marked lightly that really he ''dldn't
90 much into that sort of thing now-it
was out of his line, too deep entirely for
him."
The Boston girl stared. ''What do
you mean. sirP Chrysanthcmums too
decpP"
| wei, YOU huOW, Sdiu GiiO h"PAooS
youth, putting his foot deeper in his
mouth every lime he opened it, 'that
one has to do such an awful OF OF
reading to keep up with these scientific
things, and for my part | never enjoy
them. unless am quite up on the sub
ject they're talking about" He felt he
was getting skillfully over Il difficult
question and continued. with graceful
self confidence. To add a few delicate
and artistic touches 10 his position.
when go to this sort of thing" he
declared, Il get works on the subject
and read up thoroughly, so that can
follow the speaker with intelligent in
terest; but Pm too awfully busy just
now to be able to do that. and SO l cut
the Nineteenth Century Club, and the
Chrysanthemum. and all the rest of it )"
The Boston girl gasped y few times
and then said she supposed that he
really must work awfully hard, and it
really was no end of pity he had had
TO give up his studies. But before she
went back 10 Boston she told the story,
and the young man has gone out in the
country TO stay some time with his sis
ter The Boston girl says she, thinks
New York men are delicious, simply
delicious "-M \. IPorld
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
Growth of Botanical Science.

. Botany has so changed, broadened
and deepened within the past twenty
years, that it may seem like retrogres-
sion to talk of flowers. The average
botanist of to-day has gone SO far
beyond mere blossoms, as such, in his
study of minute anatomy, or in his ex-
periments upon vegetable physiology,
that he sometimes almost fOrgets that
there are such things as sepals and
petals. He must contine himself to a
single cell, or at most group of cells,
tissue, or possibly a tissue system,
or else his associates will speak of him
as being so broad that he must be
shallow. The division of labor, in
fact, has gone so far that one person
studies pollen for a. lifetime, while
another counts that day lost in which
he does not gain some new fact upon
the endless subject of chlorophyle.
There are hundreds of noted botanists
who pay no attention to Towering
plants except as they are the hosts Of
and subject to destructive inroads
from the almost countless species Of
cryptogamic plants belonging to the
rusts, smuts, blights, mildews, and
molds.
It, therefore, requires much more
courage in this age of advanced botan.
ical thought to attempt to write upon
theme that is SO broad as the one Sc
lccted. Spring flowers" bears the mark
of fwear, especially in the hands of those
who can do almost anything better
than to make rhymes. The practical
eye of the penetrating student of plant.
life has gone beyond the beauty in
flowers and finds a golden thread Of
adaptation which the average ''spring
poet" has never dreamed Of, even in
his highest flights after the soul Of
things. However, for the genuine
poets be it said that it was reserved
for the immortal Goethe to first com.
prehend the true morphology Of seem.
ingly so simple a structure as flower
r-Popalar Science Monthly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07

"A curious relic was discovered a few
days ago near Phoenix, Arizona, by a
farmer while digging a well on his
ranch. AT about nine feet below the
surface he came upon the skeleton Of
o man, the bones Of which, however,
fell to pieces when he attempted to
move them. He has no doubt that
this prehistoric citizen was giant, as
the thigh bones were nearly four feet
long and the feet were more extensive
than those Of. the proverbial st. Louis
girl. Under the body was a large and
heavy war club, made from mesquite
or iron wood, and this was in state
of perfect preservation. 1t is now on
exhibition.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
After the Wedding.

An alone IN my room nc lastl
wonder how far they have Travelled noWf
They'll be very far when the night is past
And 80 would i, II knew but how.
How calm she was, with her saint-like facel
Her eyes are violet-mine are blue.
How careless am with my mothers lacei
Her hands are whittier and softer, TOO
They have gone TO the city beyond the hills;
They must never come back to this place
I'm almost afraid to sit here so stfI;
wish 1t would thunder and lightning and
oh, mol for some one may not be at rest;
Some one, perhaps, is travelling tonight.
And heaven be starry and earth all bright.
II is only one summer that she's been here;
1t has been my home for seventeen years.
And seventeen summers OF happy bloom
Fail dead tonight In rain OF tears.
II is dark all dark In the midnight shades;
Father In heaven, may have restl
One hour Of rest for this aching head2
For this throbbing heart In my weary
breast2
/ loved him more than she understands;
For him prayed for my soul In truth;
For him am kneeling with lifted hands
To lay at his feet my shattered youth.
loved, and loye-I love him still
More than father, mother, or life
Ny hope Of hope was TO bear his name,
Ny heaven Of heavens to be his wtfel
His wifel-the name that Angels breathe.
The words shall not crimson my cheek with
shame;
Twould have been my glory that name to
wreathe
In the princely heart from whence it came;
His bride till life and light grow dim
God only knows how pressed her lips,
That the kiss to her be given to him!
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07

Itch, Prairie Mango, and Scratches OF
every kind cured in thirty minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by D. J.
Humphrey, Napoleon. my-5-1yr
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-20

ridge pole. In two or three minutes
/ heard the clatter OF claws as the
beast went up the logs, and the mo-
ment half his body showed through
the opening changed my position to
the inside. He came down the roof,
sputtering and growing, and again
made fierce attack on the door. /
was too much forhim, and he again
tried the roof and the chimney hc'
came down and / went out,
lle went up and came in. He was
at the door snarling in way to send
shivers up and down my back, when
Iheard the report of a rifle, and di-
rectly two men came running up. The
men were going to the woods to hunt,
and, although close at hand, the
panther had not noticed them. There
was at that time bounty OF $50, |
think, on panther's scalp, and,
while the men claimed this, they gave
me the skin, to reward my part in
the adventure"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-20
Famous Clocks.

Perhaps the most world-famous is
the one at Strasburg 20 feet high; it
succeeds very wonderful one ofmuch
older date. The cock that crows and
spreads its wings when the chimes an
neunce the hour alone remains OF the
original one. The present clock dates
from 1874, and it's maker finished it
after he had been struck blind. 1t
shows the signs OF the Zodiac, the
motions of the heavenly bodies, as
we'll as series OF pictures; and the
events which happen at the striking
are too wonderful to detail. A siml-
lar one at Ratisbon marks the hour
by the appearance of the three kings,
who pay their alteration to the Vir-
gin.
At Lubbock, in the old church, there
is wonderful clock, which at IL
shows automaton figures of the elec-
tors of Germany, who inaugurate the
emperor, Christ giving the benediction
as choir of angels send forth a -four
ish of trumpets. Germany boasts OF
many other famous clocks, given by
weli.known ENJOYS from foreign coun-
tries.
England has hor share of curiosi-
ties in horology. Horace Walpolehad
one at Strawberry Hill. given by Hen.
ry VIII to Ann Boleyn in 1882, which
was subsequently, bought by Queen
Victoria, and is now at Windsor cas-
tie. On the weights are the initials OF
Henry and his second wife, united by
a true lovers knot, on one, the royal
motto on the other, and the words:
f'tffthe The Most Happy"
Lord Leicester placed astriking clock
in C@sar's tower at Kenilworth. 1t
had two faces one south, one east
but from some unexplained reason,
when the Queen paid her celebrated
visit, nothing could induce it to 60. .
1t was good Queen Bess who main
tanned in her service not only a clock
keeper, but a clock-maker, and
possessed at Whitehall a wonderful
clock, with an Ethiopian riding a
rhinoceros, accompanied by four at
tendants, who made obeisance when
the hour struck. .-Cassell's Family
Magazine.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-20
Secret of Hawthorne's Success.

Secret of HawthOrne's Success.
In his charming lecture upon Haw-
thorne and Old Salem, Rev. DR.. Cha
ney told OF the beautiful character Of
the man whose stories reflect thesweet-
ness Of his nature-the man whose
works stamp him pre-eminently the
first American novelist. He was a
man who cared more for few friends
than many acquaintances, and the
natural result was that he was not
appreciated BY the many who did not
enjoy his friendship. A recent writes
to one OF the New York papers te
the following story, which shows how
Hawthorne was regarded by the in
habitants of Old Salem;
Among the gentlemen airing them
selves at the base Of Bunker Hill mon
ument, one day, was one who enjoyed
talking and being talked to.
'.Did youever know Nathaniel Haw-
thorne?" / asked
Know Nat Hawthorne1 Why, of
course knew him; he and my broth
er were great cronies."
81 suppose, then, that you know
something about his early works.
Works? Nat Hawthorne's works?
Say, was he any relation to you? No.
Well, then, just let me tell you some
thing about Nat Hawthorne. He was
the confoundedest, LATEST chap that
ever drawed breath. Why, I've seen
that fellow day after day settin'
around the woods and fields nappin
and blinkin' and winkin' like sleepy
toad. He never could do anything
until Frank Pierce was elected presl-
dent, and he was a friend of Mats and
got him q job in the Custom House.
Alter that / believe he had some place
in England or some other foreign
country"
But don't youlknow that he wrote
some very beautiful books2"
oh, yes; remember bout his hob
by for writin', and mind We, that's
about all he would have done II it
hadn't beer Tor Frank Pierce. At
lanta Constitution.